Pizza Sauce
The best pizza sauce recipe uses dried herbs and tastes better than your favorite pizza shop! Have homemade, restaurant-quality pizza sauce in 15 minutes!
Servings: 4 medium pizzas
Ingredients
- 15 ounces canned tomato sauce
- ⅓ cup tomato paste
- 2 teaspoons dried oregano
- ½ teaspoon dried basil
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt more to taste
- black pepper to taste
Instructions
- In a small or medium saucepan, combine canned tomato sauce, tomato paste, oregano, basil, onion powder, garlic powder and sugar. Add half the salt ( ½ teaspoon).
- Gradually bring to a boil over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally. Reduce heat as low as possible and simmer, covered, for 5-10 minutes.
- Taste and add additional salt, a few grinds of black pepper. Continue to cook, covered, for 5 minutes. Taste and make final adjustments to salt.
- Your pizza sauce is now ready to use!
Notes
Yield: 1 ½ cups; Enough for 4 medium pizzas; I use about 6 tablespoons per pizza.
Flavor Tips - If you over salt, you can add more sugar or (better) more tomato paste, but if you have the ingredients, you can simply add another batch.
Variations - Add red pepper flakes for a hint of heat in your sauce!
Storage - Store leftover pizza sauce in an airtight container in the fridge for 3 to 5 days.
Nutrition
Calories: 59kcal | Carbohydrates: 14g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 0.5g | Saturated Fat: 0.1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Sodium: 1258mg | Potassium: 558mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 811IU | Vitamin C: 12mg | Calcium: 43mg | Iron: 2mg